http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2014/03/27/a-san-francisco-restaurant-walking-tour-of-the-leland-yee-saga/
― schwantz, Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
Because of course.
― schwantz, Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link
jfc
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:41 (ten years ago) link
http://blog.sfgate.com/crime/2014/03/27/watch-raymond-shrimp-boy-chows-episode-of-history-channels-gangland/#21934101=0
This episode of Gangland is pretty interesting in retrospect
― polyphonic, Thursday, 27 March 2014 22:03 (ten years ago) link
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/How-an-undercover-FBI-agent-broke-Calif-state-5355568.php
The man appeared to be some type of supercriminal - a drug-dealing, gun-running member of the Sicilian Mafia who held up cigarette trucks, fingered enemies for assassination and swam in millions of dollars that needed laundering.He became, authorities allege, a trusted go-to guy and moneymaker for associates of the Ghee Kung Tong, the Chinese brotherhood that Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow ran in San Francisco's Chinatown.Or so everyone thought.
He became, authorities allege, a trusted go-to guy and moneymaker for associates of the Ghee Kung Tong, the Chinese brotherhood that Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow ran in San Francisco's Chinatown.
Or so everyone thought.
― polyphonic, Friday, 28 March 2014 03:52 (ten years ago) link
lol polls
73 percent of respondents think tech companies are good for the city, but only 60 percent think tech workers are good for the city
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 4 April 2014 22:52 (ten years ago) link
the buildings & their logos look pretty but the people uuuugh
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 5 April 2014 02:09 (ten years ago) link
If I'm in the city after 10pm with no car, waiting for the last Caltrain, any suggestions on how to kill an hour?
― Ned Zeppelin (Leee), Sunday, 6 April 2014 00:28 (ten years ago) link
http://www.ofarrell.com/
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 6 April 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link
that's two buses to get to the Caltrain station from there though
― sarahell, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:12 (ten years ago) link
http://www.goldclubsf.com/
^ walking distance from caltrain
― sarahell, Sunday, 6 April 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
this sounds kind of made up:
http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2014/04/14/another-google-glass-wearer-attacked-in-s-f/
"Glass!"
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 14 April 2014 18:25 (ten years ago) link
also lol sarahell
xp
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 14 April 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
sarahell sent Leee to the Gold Club?! It must be a riff on milo z's suggestion...
― J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de (Michael White), Monday, 14 April 2014 19:51 (ten years ago) link
was it Dave Eggers who used to do cartoons about the "Gold Club Guy" from the weekly ads? This was back in the 90s so i may not rc
― sarahell, Monday, 14 April 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
I miss that guy
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 14 April 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
dave eggers or the gold club guy?
― sarahell, Monday, 14 April 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I was kind of looking for a cafe or a bookstore.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Monday, 14 April 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
The Gold Club Guy! who cares about dave eggers?
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 14 April 2014 21:15 (ten years ago) link
True story: I have been kicked out of the Gold Club.
― J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de (Michael White), Monday, 14 April 2014 21:48 (ten years ago) link
Embarcadero BART most nuts I've ever seen it in my five+ years of commuting to the east bay. Lines up all the escalators and through the entrances.
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 00:41 (ten years ago) link
I blame the technology people
― Dominique, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 01:31 (ten years ago) link
some got run over at montgomery station
― just1n3, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 01:36 (ten years ago) link
When I got to Montgomery station, BART cops were telling everybody the station was closed and to leave. As they were doing so, someone came on the PA system and said the station was open. The cops didn't seem to hear, so there was this weird brief moment where we were starting to push toward the gates while the cops were shaking their heads and trying to walk us back. Someone with a video camera filmed me and a few others going through the gates. Went downstairs and my train rolled up with hardly anybody on it. Impeccable timing! Once everybody piled on from Embarc station, it got hot and sweaty, though.
Cool story, huh.
― beard papa, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:37 (ten years ago) link
Seems like a lot of people have been getting hit by trains lately.
currently having a FB argument with a friend who thinks SF's housing supply problem is caused by rent control :/
― ugh (lukas), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
a guy I went to college with got hit and killed by the caltrain a couple months ago trying to convince someone to get off the tracks
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
Interesting in-depth look at SF's housing problems:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/sf-housing/
― o. nate, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
^^^really good piece
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:11 (ten years ago) link
holy data, the detail
― Dominique, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
Wow o nate to the rescue
― ugh (lukas), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
it's been freaking me out all day that the most thorough and thoughtful coverage i've seen in the last year was in freakin' TechCrunch
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
That's a great article
― J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de (Michael White), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 19:50 (ten years ago) link
It is great, but also highlights (in a million different ways) how difficult it will be to fix this problem.
― schwantz, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
Best article on the topic I've read yet. Thanks for sharing.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 20:37 (ten years ago) link
“…the war on tech workers—as opposed to tech companies or policies— is not really a “class war.” Rather, it is about one group of predominately white people complaining about a similar demographic group that likes many of the same restaurants, bars, street festivals, and Samba classes that they do—but who makes more money.”
randy shaw otm, it always seemed weird to me that tech workers have become this villain down there but it seems like it's been a pretty effective tactic? at least w/r/t the ellis act compensation, getting the mayor's attention, other promising legislation being proposed, etc
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 20:59 (ten years ago) link
please please someone turn this into a political reality
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
Any idea how much added revenue that would generate?
― schwantz, Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:04 (ten years ago) link
I have no idea. at the same time anything that chips away at that stupid law has to be a good thing.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:06 (ten years ago) link
yep.
― schwantz, Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
i guess that would be better than nothing, but yeah what a terrible law. has anyone ever come up with a reasonable transition strategy for a repeal? seems like it would be incredibly difficult to pull off both logistically and politically
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 17 April 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
upthread someone mentioned something about having it only supply to someone's primary residence, which makes a ton of sense to me. i'm politically naive, but what does the counter-argument look like? "but what about the millionaires with second homes in Carmel?"
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 17 April 2014 17:35 (ten years ago) link
supply -> apply
brauch Kaffee
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 17 April 2014 17:36 (ten years ago) link
I think you'd need to have some pretty long (20 year?) transition period.
― schwantz, Thursday, 17 April 2014 17:37 (ten years ago) link
"but what about the millionaires with second homes in Carmel?"
when you have pissed off millionaires and property rights advocates you don't need a rational argument
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 17 April 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
upthread someone mentioned something about having it only supply to someone's primary residence, which makes a ton of sense to me.
the more i think about this the less it makes sense. why would this not just result in massive, widespread rent hikes?
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 17 April 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
my assumption is that landlords are already gouging market rate renters as much as they can? idk though, good point.
― ugh (lukas), Thursday, 17 April 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
yeah, even with the passing of prop 13 certain landlords hiked up rents for some reason! i could only imagine what it would be like if they took an actual financial hit
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 17 April 2014 19:25 (ten years ago) link
To the extent it equalizes the tax base between newer and older buildings, I guess it would lower the rent on newer buildings and raise it on older ones, assuming the total amount raised from property taxes is held constant. If the amount raised from property taxes is increased, then presumably other forms of income such as sales taxes could be decreased.
― o. nate, Thursday, 17 April 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
landlords are already gouging market rate renters as much as they can? Gouging is a leading word but, yes, of course, landlords are maximising their profits as much as the market allows.
The counter-argument might be made by the building trades and their overlords but the public good of having a saner tax base and investing it in education is insuperable.
When you have a general consensus across party (and ind) lines, why tf would you not do this? Oligarchy?
― J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de (Michael White), Thursday, 17 April 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link